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[NRDL]

I like using swords when butchering conservatives, but in the long run, are they actually that useful?  Sure, they don't take up ammo, but I believe that guns do more damage, or so I heard.  Another question...is the armor thing that you can buy in the oubliette ( or however its spelled ) really good for protection?

[Kay12]

The armor thing is, if I recall correctly, worse than a trenchcoat. As for the usefulness of swords, they do have certain advantages, like never hitting a friendly character, never completely destorying armor (I think), using no ammo and gaining bonus from high strength. However, rifles do, I think, more damage and have their advantages as well - they have a higher chance of succeeding in a datenap, are plentiful and so is their ammo, match with army bodyarmor (M16 only I think) and, most important, the rifle skill is readily found on soldiers, agents similar NPCs so it's easy to kidnap one to train a squad of passable riflemen. Basically, the best part in swords is the Multiplier by Awesomeness.

I think clubs are still quite useless. I did once beat a game with clubs only, 'twas rather interesting.

[NRDL]

Which club did you use?

[Kay12]

I used the somewhat [lovely] Wizard Staff, which is worse than the Maul which is (or was? don't know) still very bad.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Who cares if they're useful, They have the awesome factor of taking down Conservism with a sword.
Plus you used to be able to bifurcate tanks with them, which  was sweet

[Kay12]

They are useful AND awesome, albeit less useful than rifles but yet useful enough to handle most situations.

For added awesomeness, whenever a member dies and I have a Liberal bury them, their sword is passed on to a child rescued from the factories... with their spirit living on, slitting the throats of unwary conservatives!

[Aerogen]

Their main use is to look cool with a trenchcoat so you can pretend you are Wesley Snipes slashing the limbs out of conservative vampires
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Plus you used to be able to bifurcate tanks with them, which  was sweet

Used to? That feature sounds so awesome, why was it removed?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Because it was a bug.
An awesome one, to be fair, but still a bug